单词 | epistemology |
释义 | epistemologyn. Philosophy. The theory of knowledge and understanding, esp. with regard to its methods, validity, and scope, and the distinction between justified belief and opinion; (as a count noun) a particular theory of knowledge and understanding. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [noun] epistemology1847 1847 Eclectic Mag. Nov. 306 The title of one of the principal works of Fichte is ‘Wissenschaftslehre,’ which, after the analogy of technology..we render epistemology. 1854 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic 46 This section of the science is properly termed the Epistemology... It answers the general question, ‘What is Knowing and the Known?’—or more shortly, ‘What is Knowledge?’ 1883 Athenæum 20 Oct. 492/3 He divides his work into four sections, dealing with epistemology, ontology, anthropology, and ethics. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt xviii. 233 All the while Verona and Kenneth Escott held long inquiries into epistemology. 1986 V. Hearne Adam's Task (1987) iii. 59 Natural bitees are people whose approaches to dogs..are contaminated by epistemology. 2002 Wasafiri Spring 45/2 Patricia Hill Collins..postulates an Afrocentric feminist epistemology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847 |
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